Support custom types

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Description

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Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

Checklist

• I have tested locally
• I have performed a self review of my changes
• Updated any relevant documentation
• Linked to any relevant issues
• I have added tests relevant to my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules
• My code is up to date with the base branch
• I have updated relevant changelogs. We suggest using chan